Trafalgar Celebration Ale

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

I usually don't like trafalgars beers so i didn't have high hopes for this. I got pretty much what i expected..a below average brew IMO. Poured with little carbonation. Head vanished quickly with very little lacing. Taste was sweet and malty and was overall very ordinary. As it warmed it got even worse with a sickly yeast aroma that wouldn't let me finish the bottle. Sorry i spent the money on this.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

From Christmas 2006 and with a date best before May 2007. Pours a dark amber with grape-red highlights. Tanned head with average retention and decent lace. A bit of haziness is present. Usual Trafalgar yeast nose with some spices. Mild fizzy mouthfeel with slight syrup. Nice cinnamon spice, fruity orange and hoppy flavours. The taste is surprisingly much better than all of the other Trafalgar beers I've tried.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a deep burgundy color ale with a nice foamy head with average retention. Aroma of sweet malt with dry cranberry. Taste is a nice balance between sweet malt with a nice mix of fruit which may include dried cranberry, orange peel and nice mix of spices. Body is slightly thin with some adequate carbonation. It is my first beer from this brewery but I have to admit that I am quite impressed.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

I give up on this brewer...the strong ales are consistantly laced with demerara and the same damn shitty yeast in every brew. This one was no differtnt ...much like other Trafalgar strong ales with some lame attempt at spicing...same slick mouth feel, same vegital notes, same crappy yeast tastes and the same weak heading and lack of real protien in the body. Done with ’em stick a fork in ’em...there’s no hope....being kind in reviews to encourage better brews from them is wasted . I’ll not waste any more time on them until the place changes brewers and direction. Of all the Christams special releases fron Ontario mico brewers this brings a new meaning to the concept of constantly sucking!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

A bottle I saved for Christmas eve...On first sip I was really surprised, this was really quite impressive! A nice ruby colour which shined in the light. Very nice gentle hoping which is very agreeable and well noted. Unfortunatly they dont stick through the taste. Flavour is far too much like the other Trafalgar products...sweet, syropy, and seemingly artificial. This syropy flavouring is making it hard to drink through. Also, another Trafalgar trademark - flat! Little to no corbonation. Really not all that much to hold this one up. Im finding this half way between a good and bad beer. This is reminiscent of the Sierra Nevada Celebration but far inferiour, in fact it makes me appreciate it more. Very strong in some aspects but falls much short in others. I am impressed considering its a local brewery - Trafalgar (whos products I have until now not at all been impressed with) but all considered this is still quite weak comparatively.